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Glasgow company bosses banned after making false claims to get Bounce Back Loans

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Representational Image by Getty Shahzad Arshad, 43, and Alexander Stewart Cooper, 70, from Glasgow, have been disqualified as company directors following separate investigations which found they had both made false claims in order to receive Bounce Back Loans for their businesses. Arshad was the director of two companies – Town Discount Ltd and Naz Accessories […]

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Residents told to keep themselves warm as the UK set to see further heavy snowfall

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Image by Nottingham Post The UK, in the last few weeks has seen plummeting temperatures resulting in school closures and travel disruption throughout the country. The conditions are set to remain the same for at least a week with freezing fog, ice, sleet and snow resulting in more bitter weather in the upcoming days. Parts

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MP expresses disappointment at ONS decision to sideline the Sikh community to an optional religious tick box in the 2021 census

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Preet Kaur Gill MP (Image by BirminghamLive) Chair of APPG for British Sikhs, Preet Kaur Gill MP, last week commented on the ONS decision to relegate the Sikh community from a legally protected ethnicity to an optional religious tick box in the 2021 census. In a statement, she mentions that the implications of the omission

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Oxford Dictionaries reveals its word of the year – ‘goblin mode’

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When asked to describe 2022 in a word, the public chose a phrase which describes ‘the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the past twelve months’. Oxford Dictionaries on Monday revealed that in an online vote, “goblin mode” has been selected as the word of the year. The term is defined as “a type of behavior

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30 Scottish organisations come together to urge local councils to adopt the APPG definition of Islamophobia

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Foysol Choudhury MSP with the MEND team 30 Scottish organisations have signed an open letter calling on all local councils in Scotland to urgently adopt the APPG definition of Islamophobia and accompanying guidelines put forward by the Coalition Against Islamophobia. The APPG definition of Islamophobia states, “Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism

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Human Appeal launches 7th Comedy Takeover featuring some of the UKs most popular comedians to raise vital emergency funds for flood-stricken Pakistan

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Image by Human Appeal UK humanitarian aid charity Human Appeal, on December 1 announced the launch of its seventh annual Comedy Takeover, which will take place across 12 cities across the country from the 15th to the 31st December. This year, the much-loved comedy tour will raise funds for Human Appeal’s flood relief project, to rebuild homes

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Rail Delivery Group selects TCS to help create the UK Government’s Rail Data Marketplace

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Image by Alstom Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company, has announced that it has been selected by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) to design, develop, implement, and operate the UK’s Rail Data Marketplace (RDM). The contract between TCS and RDG is for a term of six years including an

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Domestic abuse crimes at second worst ever level in Scotland

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Image by pamgosal.org.uk New statistics show that domestic abuse crimes are at the second worst ever level in Scotland. The latest figures, published today by the Scottish Government, show that domestic abuse cases remained extremely high at 64,807 incidents a year, a fall of just 1 per cent on the previous year. They also reveal that

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Winners for the 3rd Scottish Asian Food Awards 2022 are revealed

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Winners for the 3rd Scottish Asian Food Awards 2022 have been revealed after a glamorous, black-tie awards ceremony was held at the Marriott Hotel on Monday the 28th of November in Glasgow. The Award ceremony exists to recognise and reward a variety of Asian restaurants, takeaways and eateries across Scotland. The Scottish Asian Food Awards 2022 recognise

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Eight-year-old Glasgow kid becomes the youngest to complete national level mental maths programme